The David O. McKay Library
The Testing Center
Services For Students with a Disability
Learning Assistance
Tutoring Center
Reading Lab
Writing Center
Study Skills Lab and Study Couseling
Counseling Center
Career and Academic Advising Center
Academic Advising
The Ricks College library is a state-of-the art library that houses one of the finest junior college reference collections in the country. All items are searchable on-line at terminals on all floors.
With Internet we are able to do full-text searching of magazine indexes at BYU and print the articles here. In addition, our fax service speeds up interlibrary loan of articles from other libraries. Books are requested electronically but come by mail.
CD-ROMS take the place of traditional paper indexes and reference books in some cases, all searchable from public terminals. Books in Print, Student Directory, Telephone Directory of the U.S., and L.D.S. Scriptures are some of the CD-ROMS that are available.
The 180-terminal Computer Laboratory is free of charge as is the Video Viewing Area. Tours and special presentations are available on request.
The Family History Center is fully automated, with competent assistants and knowledgeable instructors to help even neophytes get started. Instruction in media, off-air satellite taping, and plastic book binding are services of the A-V Area. Group study rooms allow cooperative studying on second and third floors, and nearly all research needs of students and faculty can be met.
The concept of centralized computer-assisted testing is twofold: to make available more instruction time in the classroom, and to allow students to choose the time when they are most prepared to take the examinations. With facilities in the Library, Romney Bldg., Smith Bldg. and the Taylor Bldg., the Testing Center administers "write-on examinations," such as short answer or essay tests graded by the instructor, or "objective-type tests" scored and analyzed by computers that immediately provide results.
Standardized tests such as the ACT, CLEP, GED and ability, interest and personality tests used in counseling and advising students are available in the Testing and Counseling Center.
Counseling, advocacy, and coordination of services for students with a disability are available through the Office for Students with a Disability, located in the Learning Assistance Lab’s on the 2nd floor of the Administration Building. The purpose of the office is to help students overcome physical, educational, or attitudinal barriers which may prevent them from reaching their full educational potential. Staff members coordinate college support services thus aiding students with a disability to become integrated into the campus.
Students and prospective students are encouraged to meet with the Director of Services for Students with a Disability to discuss specific concerns and needs.
Every effort will be made to assist students with disabilities with special needs such
as:
Accessibility
Tutoring
Note takers
Early registration
Liaison with teachers
Alternate testing
Volunteer reader services
Adaptation for special needs
Tape recorders
Referral and liaison with service agencies, such as Vocational Rehabilitation and Commission for the Blind, are also provided.
Access to assistive equipment is also available on a limited basis. Equipment includes: Assistive hearing devices; Visual enhancement equipment; Voice synthesized computer software; Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD's); Access maps of campus; Hydraulic lift access to swimming pool.
Students with Learning Disabilities need prior documentation of disability in order to be eligible for special services.
For information and services contact: Director of Services for Students with a Disability, Learning Assistance Lab, Administration Building, Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho 83460-4121Telephone: (208) 356-1158 Voice/TDD
Learning Assistance offers a variety of learning support programs described below. These include a tutoring center, lab’s specializing in reading, writing, study skills and study counseling. All are located at the west end of the second floor of the Administration Building.
Students who need help beyond their regular classroom instruction may seek assistance at the Tutoring Center. Tutors are chosen from students who have achieved academically in the class, completed a tutor training program and have been approved by their department. There is no cost for this service; however, students are encouraged to first seek all possible help from instructors and class "help sessions" before coming to the Tutoring Center.
The Reading Lab offers individual help with phonics, vocabulary, increasing speed and comprehension.
Reading courses offer instruction in specific reading skills and in the study of college text. For college reading see course description for English 107 and for reading comprehension see course description for English 101.
The Writing Center is located on the second floor of the Administration Building. This
free service offers individual 20-minute confidential sessions for students needing help
from rough draft through the final stages of a college-level paper. Students will improve
skills which include the following:
-Discover and generate intriguing ideas
-Write strong introductions and conclusions
-Develop focused ideas through detailed, concrete discussions
-Construct connecting sentences and transitions
-Organizing research papers
-Documenting texts, using both the MLA and APA format
This program is designed to assist students in improving their study skills. Students may obtain help either by enrolling in a class or by visiting the lab.
Study Skills Class
Psych 101 is designed to help students improve learning effectiveness, attitude and
motivation, time management, goal setting, study habits, memory, concentration, etc., and
to orient them to available services and resources. Students may either enroll in or add
Psych 101 on the block or at semester.
Study Skills Lab
Students may enroll in any Study Skills module listed below by filling out an add card in
the Study Skills Lab in room 230 of the Administration building. These modules may be
taken either on a credit or non-credit basis; however, modules may not be added after the
twelfth week of the semester. Students may not register for the same module twice during a
semester.
Psych 102A-J Study Skills Modules
Credit per Module 1/2
Psych 102A Concentration and Memorization
Psych 102B Note taking & Listening
Psych 102C Thinking Skills
Psych 102D Textbook Study
Psych 102E Time Management
Psych 102F Test Taking Skills
Psych 102J Studying Chemistry
Counseling is available to help individual students with specific study problems. Such counseling is available without scheduling a class or module if the problem can be dealt with effectively on a short-term individual basis. Counseling addresses concerns such as time management, note taking, textbook study, test taking, etc.
The Ricks College Counseling Center, located on the second floor of the Administration Building, is staffed by well-trained professional counselors. Students who come to the Counseling Center receive help with a wide range of personal problems--from adjusting to college life to severe feelings of depression and low self-esteem growing out of earlier life experiences.
Students are assured of reliable, professional assistance in an atmosphere of warmth and understanding where complete confidentiality is maintained. Counseling is intended primarily for those students who can be helped in a relatively short time. It is not intended for those who need long-term and intensive therapy.
The CAC has full-time specialists available to help students with concerns about academic and career decisions.An excellent career library containing extensive career and college transfer information is available in the CAC for student use. This center also contains a helpful computerized career decision making program to assist in making career choices.
Students are assigned a faculty advisor who assists them in individualizing their education. The advisor helps students keep on track for graduation from beginning to end. Advisors will receive copies of grades at mid-term and at the end of the semester. After a student applies for graduation, they will also receive a copy of the graduation evaluation.
Undecided majors are called General Studies. Many students graduate with an Associate degree in General Studies. A student will be assigned to a certain division for advising purposes. To change a major, a student may do so at most any time by visiting the Career Advising Center (CAC), located in the Administration Building.
A letter with the Advisor’s name, office location and office phone is distributed to each student before and after a semester begins. The information is always available by contacting the CAC.
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